Certified Medical Specialists Using A New High-Tech Approach for Treatment of High Blood Pressure and Heart Disease.Business Editors and Health/Medical Writers CLARKSDALE, Miss.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 17, 2002 Medical Technology Breakthrough Improving Patient Outcomes in Mississippi Certified Medical Specialists (CMS (1) See content management system and color management system. (2) (Conversational Monitor System) Software that provides interactive communications for IBM's VM operating system. ), a leading provider of health care in Mississippi, is utilizing a new high-tech approach for the diagnosis and treatment of high blood pressure and heart disease. This unique noninvasive heart technology is called the BioZ. The BioZ, initially used by NASA NASA: see National Aeronautics and Space Administration. NASA in full National Aeronautics and Space Administration Independent U.S. to monitor astronauts in space flight, is now the latest innovation in the battle against cardiovascular disease. The BioZ systems are from the innovator of ICG ICG indocyanine green. technology -- CardioDynamics (Nasdaq: CDIC CDIC Chronic Diseases In Canada (journal) CDIC Canadian Deposit Insurance Corporation CDIC Carbon Dioxide Information Center CDIC Center for Data Intensive Computing (BNL) ). In addition to CMS, the BioZ is being used by leading medical centers including Yale New Haven Hospital, Mayo Clinic, Baylor College of Medicine Baylor College of Medicine is a private medical school located in Houston, Texas, USA on the grounds of the Texas Medical Center. It has been consistently rated the top medical school in Texas and among the best in the United States. , and the Arizona Heart Institute. The BioZ is a heart technology breakthrough that provides physicians safe and cost-effective access to vital heart data that assists physicians to identify underlying cardiovascular disorder, assess and diagnose, customize and target treatment, and monitor the effectiveness of prescribed medications. The technology is covered by both Medicare and private insurance. How the BioZ works: Four special patches are placed on the patient's neck and chest and a small electrical signal is transmitted through the chest. The BioZ measures the resistance to this signal and within minutes analyzes the data and produces a report with 12 parameters about the heart including the heart's ability to deliver blood to the body, the resistance it has to pump against, and the amount of fluid in the chest. It has not always been this easy to get this heart data. Prior to BioZ technology, physicians had to either base their decisions on subjective assessment or get the information they needed through an invasive and risky (irregular heart beat, infection, death) procedure called pulmonary artery catheterization Pulmonary Artery Catheterization Definition Pulmonary artery catheterization is a diagnostic procedure in which a small catheter is inserted through a neck, arm, chest, or thigh vein and maneuvered into the right side of the heart, in order to measure (PAC), requiring an incision in the neck and a catheter (plastic tube) inserted in the patient's heart. "One in four adults in Mississippi have some form of cardiovascular disease -- a disease that takes a life every 33 seconds," stated Roger Weiner, M.D. "This new high-tech approach to treatment is being used by the top heart centers around the world and we are proud to be one of the first in our state to make this breakthrough technology available to patients and physicians. We feel it is our responsibility to keep up with the latest research and treatment programs available and ultimately reduce the chances that our patients end up as a statistic." About Certified Medical Specialists (CMS): Certified Medical Specialists is one of the most progressive clinics in the state of Mississippi and has always been at the forefront of new techniques that improve patient care and quality of life. Services include hypertension management, diagnostic vascular angiography, ambulatory cardiac monitoring, cardiac catheterization, nuclear cardiology, echocardiography Echocardiography Definition Echocardiography is a diagnostic test that uses ultrasound waves to create an image of the heart muscle. Ultrasound waves that rebound or echo off the heart can show the size, shape, and movement of the heart's valves and , pacing and arrhythmia arrhythmia (ārĭth`mēə), disturbance in the rate or rhythm of the heartbeat. Various arrhythmias can be symptoms of serious heart disorders; however, they are usually of no medical significance except in the presence of management, vascular ultrasound, invasive and non-invasive mechanical ventilation, pulmonary function test Pulmonary Function Test Definition Pulmonary function tests are a group of procedures that measure the function of the lungs, revealing problems in the way a patient breathes. , kidney failure management, kidney transplant follow-up, and diabetes mellitus. |
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